Fayette County Fair Association

Analysis

Fayette County Fair Association is a registered charity in United States, based in LA Grange, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover food, agriculture and nutrition, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Fayette County Fair Association reported income of $1.2m and spending of $904k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $874k to $1.2m (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Fayette County Fair Association sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 85th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southwest Community Corporation ($1.2m), LA Plaza de Encuentro Gathering Place ($1.2m) and Birmingham Host Committee 2025 World Police and Fire Games ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 28% and program service revenue 71% of the total. At year end it held assets of $913k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $913k.